sheepherding
- a word derived from sheepherder.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Mendoza, whose family in Peru owned a few milk cows, sheep and mules, first heard about the sheepherding opportunity from a friend.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
“I think the main two things were sheepherding and slavery,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
Labor Department data show sheepherder wages have risen just $50 a month in most sheepherding states over the past 20 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2015
The name also was elevated by Paul Laxalt’s brother Robert Laxalt, a prominent author who wrote about his family’s Basque roots and romanticized the state’s Basque sheepherding history.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 16, 2014
For instance, Native American societies became renowned for their mastery of horses, and in some cases of cattle and sheepherding, in parts of the Great Plains, the western United States, and the Argentine pampas.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
